2017 General Election

• In the 2017 General Election, 65% of ethnic minority groups voted for Labour
• In the 2017 General Election, most newspapers and media outlets were positive on May and hostile to Jeremy Corbyn.
• In the 2017 General Election, Labour had an advantage over the Conservatives was on social media. Because of the enthusiasm of young voters, there was an army of people, often entirely independent of the party, creating and sharing memes and short videos that reached huge audiences. 
• In the 2017 General Election, there was an increase in 18-24 year olds voting for Labour of 14%
• turnout for the 2017 General Election was 68.7%
• just before the 2017 General Election campaign Theresa May had the highest ever recorded net satisfaction rating for a prime minister; a month after the election she had the lowest ever